Philippines-Japan Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Change and Direction (Routledge Studies on the Asia-Pacific Region)

Trinidad and Chua provide invaluable insights on various dimensions and directions of 21st-century Philippines-Japan relations from Filipino and Japanese scholars. Their chapters highlight the adjustments made in the relationship as the two countries grapple with old and emerging domestic issues amid changing international contexts.

The book’s multidisciplinary approach and rich empirical data provide an in-depth understanding and analysis of the two countries’ diplomatic and growing security cooperation, deepening economic ties and sociocultural exchanges, rising mobility of people, and the past’s impacts on the present.

This is a comprehensive volume for international scholars and researchers interested in Japanese and Philippine studies, security studies, Southeast Asian history, and political economy, as well as those interested in migration studies, comparative politics, and sociocultural studies.

Dennis D. Trinidad is Professor at the Department of International Studies at De La Salle University-Manila, Philippines.

Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua is Professorial Lecturer at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines – Diliman.